Chayne Lewis Lee was 28 when he was shot to death in the doorway of Beulah Grove Baptist Church in the 19800 block of Wyoming Avenue in northwest Detroit during the early morning of August 28, 2022. Family described him as goofy, the life of the party, a father, a twin and a musician with a heart of gold; his mother Myha Lee said he was someone you called for a laugh and could rely on, and his grandmother recalled his infectious smile.

Lee was the first victim in a series of apparently random shootings that unfolded across the neighborhood that morning. Investigators recovered 9mm shell casings at each scene that matched to a single gun. A tip that same day led police to a home on Pembroke Avenue, where 19-year-old Dontae Ramon Smith was arrested and a handgun was recovered and later matched to the casings. The spree left multiple people shot, including two other fatal victims and wounded survivors.

Did anyone who knew Chayne or his family see him in the days before August 28, 2022, or have information that could add to the timeline?